The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, February 28, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
56.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
1:56 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.5%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 64
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Feb 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 62.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 22.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.22° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / 0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.29° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.